Planet America Fireside Chat
Chas Licciardello and John Barron unpack all things America, Donald Trump and US politics, delivering their signature blend of sharp analysis, irreverent humour and unique insight in an entertaining and informative fireside chat...
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America's history of public executions isn't what you think it was.
https://reason.com/2026/10/16/america-abandoned-public-executions-for-a-good-reason/
“It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal.”
— Henry Kissinger in November 1968 according to William F. Buckley Jr.
The country is on fire.
We can save it together.
This is the plan:
A practical field guide for ending America's meltdown and saving democracy.
https://thisistheplan.com/
Israeli Military Extends Detention For Palestinian American Journalist https://thedissenter.org/israeli-military-extends-detention-for-palestinian-american-journalist/
Survey: 52% of Americans say they are more concerned than excited about increased AI use in daily life, up from 37% in 2021, including 55% of those under 30 (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20
I would love to know what this poll looks like specifically in San Francisco.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/712751/americans-cool-toward.aspx
Former Department of Government Efficiency, (or DOGE), employees are working on an artificial intelligence takeover of federal government services for the Trump administration.
The Washington Sun reports that the staffers are setting up an AI-driven website,
America.gov,
to help Americans with everything from obtaining and renewing passports to potentially preparing and filing taxes for free.
(The latter is still under discussion and would be a reversal from the Whit…
We know from polling that voters want us to be talking about preserving their rights and freedoms (No Kings)
and not just “kitchen table issues”
and that there is nothing more intrinsically American than fighting for freedom and democracy.
We also know from polling, lots and lots of polling, that voters believe that our hearts are in right place
but question our toughness, and whether we are strong enough to be able to fight and deliver for them.
So we should se…